I wish everyone could have experienced late December 1968 and Jan 1969. We lived in North Everett and the snow began in late evening with an unusual amount of northerly winds. By the next morning we totaled over a foot of snow. What made it so special was the High Pressure in Alaska that reinforced cold Arctic air into the Pacific Northwest for three weeks. Ah to experience that once again.
I actually remember the cold built for days in AK before it moved down here. There had been speculation about the possibility for several days prior. We had a super positive to negative AO shift.